Shotgun sight



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SHOTGUN\SIGHT Filed Ma 51, 1946 F, g 1 J DANIEL A PRETZER Patented Jan. 11, 1949 a. rm, vii

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to shotgun sights, and more particularly to sights adapted to indicate the correct lead in shooting at a target moving across the path of vision of a hunter.

The object of my invention is to provide a removable sight of this kind which is of light weight in order not to overbalance the gun to which it is attached.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a sight which will not obscure the regular front sight when it is attached, so that the regular front sight can be used when shooting at game moving directly from or toward the hunter.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a sight which can be attached to a gun or removed therefrom in a very short time.

Other objects of my invention may appear in the following specification describing my invention with reference to th accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention.

It is, however, to be understood that my invention is not to be restricted and limited to the exact construction and combination of parts described in the specification and shown in the drawing, but that such changes and modifications can be made, which fall within the scope of the claims appended thereto.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a barrel of a shotgun equipped with a lead sight according to my invention, lines being shown indicating the path of sight from the rear peep sight to the lead sights, the frame of the lead sight being provided with adjusting tongues.

Figure 2 is a front end View of a gun barrel equipped with a lead sight according to my invention.

Figure 3 is a front end view of a double barrel gun equipped with the lead sight.

Figure 4 is a top plan view similar to Figure 1 wherein the adjusting tongues are omitted.

Figure 5 is an end view of an over-and-under barrel of a shotgun equipped with the lead sight.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the lead sight according to my invention has a substantially triangular frame I0 made from steel straps, preferably of an inch wide and about the thickness of heavy tin. The frame consists of a horizontal top member II and two side members l2 which are formed integrally with the top member II and extend downwardly and inwardly therefrom. The resiliency inherent in the steel, from which the frame is made, allows the side members I2 to be bent outwardly, so that a gun barrel l3 can be inserted in the frame I0. The side members l2 engage then the barrel l3 from below and the top member engages the barrel from above, holding the frame securely, but easily removable, in place on the barrel l3. In the center of the top member II a round hole I4 is provided, just big enough to receive the front sight [5 therein.

On each of the rounded corners of the frame [0, where the side members join the top member, a ring member "5 is firmly attached to the frame I0. These rings are preferably made from spring wire and are arranged so on the fame that the axes of these ring members [6 and the base of the regular front sight of the gun barrel are located in the same horizontal plane, when the lead sight is attached to the barrel.

The distances between the centers of the rings l6 and the center of the hole [4 in the top member H are exactly equal with each other.

In order to facilitate the correct attaching of the lead sight on the barrel l3, two adjusting tongues I! are stamped out in the top member I l and are bent downwardly so that they will rest on the gun barrel l3, as shown in Figure 2.

The lead sight shown in Figure 3 is constructed and arranged in the same manner as described above, but is attached to a double barrel l8, and in consequence the side members l2 are spread farther apart from each other and engage the barrel l8 more from the sides than from below. In addition to that, the adjusting tongues [l are omitted. They are superfluous in this case, since the top member ll rests on the top of the two barrels l8, securing the lead sight thereby in horizontal position in relation to the gun barrels.

In Figure 5, a lead sight according to my invention is shown attached to an over-and-under barrel IS. The frame of the lead sight for this purpose has a top member II and two side members 20 integrally formed therewith. These side members are longer than the side members H. described above, and the central portion of each side member 20 is curved inwardly, as shown in Figure 5. Otherwise, the lead sight for an overand-under barrel is constructed the same as the one for a single barrel.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a lead sight for shotguns, a pair of ring members, andjastggipg nggansmfprrgam ing the ring members securely onto the front? (1 of a gun barrel, said fastening means comprising a substantially triangular frame formed of resilient metal, said frame having a top member and I u -Jill two side members, said side members being adapted to be bent outwardly so that the gun barrel can be inserted in the frame, and a pair of adjusting tongues formed on the top member, extending downwardly therefrom and adapted to rest on the barrel, said ring members being positioned adjacent the meeting edges of said top and side members and secured thereto.

2. In a lead sight for shotguns, a pair of ring members, and fastening means for clamping the ring members securely onto the front end of a gun barrel, said fastening means comprising a substantially triangular frame formed of resilient metal, said frame having a top member and two curved side members, said side members being adapted to be bent outwardly so that the gun barrel can be inserted in the frame, and a pair 4 of adjusting tongues formed on the top member extending downwardly therefrom and adapted to rest on the barrel, said ring members bein positioned adjacent the meeting edges of said top and side members and. secured thereto.

DANIEL A. PRETZER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 891,063 Harris June 16, 1908 1,313,549 Magill Aug. 19, 1919 2,056,469 King Oct. 6, 1936 2,092,356 Prather Sept. '7, 1937 

